New comics stand up to be counted at San Juan showcase

June 16, 2013

Updated Aug. 21, 2013 1:17 p.m.

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Brian Meh, originally from Slovenia, performs during the Students of Stand-Up Showcase comedy show Saturday at Camino Real Playhouse in San Juan Capistrano. Meh talked about learning a new language and how ladies like his accent. KATIE DEES, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Seth Sultan of Wagon Wheel Canyon performs during the Students of Stand-Up Showcase at Camino Real Playhouse in San Juan Capistrano. Sultan is originally from Tustin, where he said diversity means different colors of BMWs. Here he shows a sign he waves at drivers who are on their phones. KATIE DEES, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Students of Stand-Up graduate Allison Ehret of Anaheim Hills, originally from Philadelphia, talked during her appearance at Saturday's comedy showcase about how the exotic language in Orange County is English. KATIE DEES, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Kody Dennis of Mission Viejo, performing during the Students of Stand-Up Showcase comedy show at Camino Real Playhouse in San Juan Capistrano, kidded about trying to speed on an empty road at night to be like "Back to the Future." KATIE DEES, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

Sandy Hames of Mission Viejo performs during the Students of Stand-Up Showcase in San Juan Capistrano. Hames talked about her last name being mistaken for a brand of men's underwear. KATIE DEES, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Billy Houston of Fullerton, originally from Los Angeles, talked during his Students of Stand-Up Showcase performance about being asked if he's related to Whitney Houston and being mad at his mother for having to grow up in Los Angeles when he could have been "safe" in Orange County. KATIE DEES, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Robert Penner of Newport Beach, performing Saturday during the Students of Stand-Up Showcase comedy show, said Mission San Juan Capistrano should fund car washes because of messy swallows. KATIE DEES, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Dan Tran of Aliso Viejo performs during the Students of Stand-Up Showcase comedy show at Camino Real Playhouse in San Jujan Capistrano. He talked about no one telling him his Asian accent is sexy and that everyone with a computer problem thinks he's in the IT department. KATIE DEES, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Walt Stevens of Fallbrook joked during his Students of Stand-Up Showcase performance that he's had bad-hair days for 20 years and that he's had to shave his hands because of using hair cream. KATIE DEES, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Sam Berglund of Rancho Santa Margarita, performing during the Students of Stand-Up Showcase comedy show Saturday in San Juan Capistrano, said the "like" button on Facebook should be called the "validate" button and that she has a cat for every man she's ever dated. KATIE DEES, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Students of Stand-Up graduate Chad Hooper of Laguna Niguel, originally from the Hamptons on Long Island, N.Y., talked about the only two seasons in the Hamptons being summer and zombie apocalypse. KATIE DEES, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

Brian Meh, originally from Slovenia, performs during the Students of Stand-Up Showcase comedy show Saturday at Camino Real Playhouse in San Juan Capistrano. Meh talked about learning a new language and how ladies like his accent.KATIE DEES, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

Eleven graduates of the six-week Students of Stand-Up workshop taught by Mission Viejo comedian Tom Riehl grabbed the spotlight Saturday evening at the Students of Stand-Up Showcase at Camino Real Playhouse in San Juan Capistrano.

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